Combined garbage-hopper and sink-trap



(No Model.)

J. MANN. COMBINED GARBAGE HOPPER 'AND SINK TRAP. No. 582,214. PatentedMay 11, 1897.

J ,6' Q 7S f f @WJ/f UNITED STATES JAMES MANN, OF DOVVAGIAC, MICHIGAN.

COMBINED GARBAGE-HOPPER AND SINK-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,214, dated May 11,1897.

Application tiled November 19, 1895. Serial No. 569,402. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MANN, a citizen of the United States, residingat Dowagiac, in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Garbage-Hopper andSink-Trap, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationofthe various parts, all as more fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure lis a diagram elevation, partly in section,showing my improved apparatus as in use. Fig. 2 is a verticalcross-section thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section through thegarbage-hopper and trap.

A is the casing of my improved furnace.

B are the grates for the fire.

C is the exit-pipe for the products of combustion, preferably connectedto a chimney.

D is a grease or drip receptacle which has an exit E, connected into asewer or cesspool.

In the furnace is a frame F, having radial arms, at the ends of whichare secured laterally-proj ectin g shafts or rods, on which latter arejournaled buckets G. This frame is secured to the shaft F and may beturned by any suitable means to bring the lowermost buckets successivelyin line with and beneath the discharge end II of the supply-pipe Il. Thedischarge end II enters the casing at a point adjacent to its center orsubstantially in line with the axis of the frame. It is secured to theside of the casing, which latter is provided with. the socket end a, inwhich the end of the pipe H is secured. Alid l) is hinged to the end ofthe pipe, and the bearing c is secured on the protruding end of the pipeand in which the inner end of the shaft F is journaled. By carrying thepipe II/ into the casing at a point where its discharge end is locatedimmediately above the lowermost bucket, the bucket being thereby filledat its lowermost position, the danger of having the lilled bucketsremotely removed from the furnace is practically avoided. l

In my Patent No. 509,177, dated November 21,1893, Ihave shown aconstruction wherein the buckets were filled at the top of the casing,which necessitated turning the frame until the bucket was at itslowest point of travel. Such turning was often neglected, andconsequently longer time was taken for the heat to act on the material,owing to its distance therefrom.

The supply-pipe l-l at its upper endis provided with a hopper I. hingedor detachable cover J, provided with a marginal downwardly-extendingflange K, which projects into the hopper in the closed position of thecover, as4 plainly shown in Fig. 3.

Around the inner edge of the'hopper, and preferably parallel with theside walls thereof, is a wall or rim M, which forms between it and thewall of the hopper a recess or chamber N.

The upper edge of the wall M is slightly lower than the edge of thehopper, so as to form over this wall or between this wall and the top ofthe hopper a discharge-aperture O.

P is a discharge-pipe from the sink, such as Q, leading into the chamberN, as shown in Fig. l. The lower edge of the wall M is extended aconsiderable distance below the discharge end of pipe P and therebyforms a receptacle below the inlet. In this chamber N, below the planeof the inlet-pipe P, I may, and preferably do, arrange a solubledisinfectant, like sulfate of copper, which may be placed therein inlumps. This hopper may be placed in the kitchen or in any other placebetween the sink and the garbageburner or cesspool.

By forming the receptacle below the inlet of the pipe P, I am enabled tocreate a circulation of the water through the seal over thedisinfectant, and thereby avoid the necessity of an independent supplyof disinfectin g fluid.

The waste from the sink will pass through the pipe P into the chamber Nand fill the same to the top of the wall M, and as the fluid continuesto flow it will overflow the wall M, pass into the hopper, and thenceinto the pipe II', from which it will be dischargedinto one of thebuckets G.

It will be seen that as the liuid passes into the chamber N it alwaysmaintains that chamber full, so as to maintain a water seal for Thishopper has a Ico the top. This prevents the escape of noxious vaporsfrom the inside of the hopper (which connects to the garbage-burner)into the room in which the hopper may be placed.

If it is desired to throw Waste paper, sWill, or other garbage orrubbish into the hopper I, the cover may be raised, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 3, and material deposited in the hopper direct. 1 thusobtain by the construction described a very simple device in which thetrap for the sink forms a seal for the cover of the hopper and in whichI may provide a constant supply of disinfectant passing into the hopperand into the garbagereceptacle.

lVhat I claim as my invention isl. The combination With a casing, of aspider-frame mounted therein, means for rotating the frame, a series ofbuckets looselyj ou rnaled on the frame, a supply-pipe entering thecasin g below the top thereof, and having its discharge end locatedbelow the plane of the upper buckets and immediately above the lowerbucket, and a furnace below the casing, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination with a sealedhopper, of a furnace, a rotatable frame having radial arms andlaterally-projecting shafts carried by the arms, buckets on said shafts,a shaft on which the frame is mounted having at one end a bearing in thefurnace-casing, a pipe leading from the hopper into the furnace at apoint opposite the end of the shaft, and a bearing on theend of the pipeWithin the furnace in which the other end of the shaft is placed,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of tivo Witnesses.

JAMES MANN.

Witnesses JAMES P. BoNcE, A. II. LAIZELEVE.

